List of American Samoa territorial symbols explained

This is a list of American Samoa territorial symbols:^[1]

Type	Symbol	Year	Image
Flag	The Flag of American Samoa	April 27, 1960
Seal	The Seal of American Samoa
Motto	Samoan: "Samoa — Muamua Le Atua"; English: "Samoa — let God be first"
Nickname	Motu o Fiafiaga (a Samoan phrase; in English, it is "Islands of Paradise")^[2] Football Islands^[3]
Song	Amerika Samoa	1950
Bird	No official bird; see List of birds of American Samoa
Flower / Tree	Paogo (Ulafala)^[4] Pandanus tectorius (officially designated as flower)^[5]	1973
Plant	ʻAva (Kava)	1973
Quarter	Quarter of American Samoa	2009
License Plate	License Plate of American Samoa (current 2011 version features Fatu Rock)	2011

Other symbols

• The fue, To'oto'o (staff) and Tanoa (kava bowl), featured on the Seal of American Samoa and on the American Samoa quarter
• Fatu Rock
• Samoa 'ava ceremony

See also

• Governors of American Samoa

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Samoan Historical Calendar, 1607-2007 . Sorensen . Stan . Theroux, Joseph . 57 . American Samoa Government . 2009-03-07 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080626050638/http://americansamoa.gov/history/samhist_forweb.pdf . 2008-06-26 .
2. http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2016/09/honor-respect-devotion-to-duty-coast-guard-auxiliarists-mike-and-paula-mcdonald/ Honor, Respect, Devotion to Duty: Coast Guard Auxiliarists Mike and Paula McDonald. Connie Terrell. September 30, 2016. Retrieved July 7, 2018.
3. Web site: 42 Fun Facts about American Samoa FactRetriever.com . 2023-11-29 . www.factretriever.com.
4. https://books.google.com/books?id=sg0tpwxPI6wC&pg=PA107 State Botanical Symbols. Alan McPherson. Google Books. Retrieved November 24, 2017.
5. http://www.asbar.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=120&Itemid=172 American Samoa Bar Association. Chapter 03 - Official Symbols. Retrieved 1 January 2018.